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Fresh horror from ISIS: The militant group's latest video depicts what it says is a child soldier executing two Russian spies. The video shows the men confessing to spying on ISIS for Russian intelligence services before cutting to a scene showing a boy who appears to be around 10 years old apparently shooting them dead as an adult fighter looks on. The boy—described by the adult fighter as a "lion cub of the caliphate"—is believed to be from Kazakhstan and has appeared in earlier ISIS videos, NBC reports.

Some analysts believe a lack of blood suggests the video is a fake, according to the Daily Mail, but whether it was real or staged, ISIS "used a young child in this video for the shock factor, and the shock factor alone," a researcher for the anti-extremism group Quilliam tells the Independent. "Its propagandists have done it before—showing images of children training as soldiers and being kicked in the stomach in martial arts drills—but this latest video marks a departure from past norms." Russian authorities say they do not "comment on the publication of the video executions allegedly of their agents," CBS reports.

Perverting little children is possibly the cruelest, most evil thing any militant group can do. That goes for any group in the world, including the fascist militias right here at home.

chrishamilton

Jan 14, 2015 1:49 PM CST

I've said from the beginning.. we will have to kill all of them... ( the women, and the children too ) before this war is will ever end..

LoLzS

Jan 14, 2015 11:04 AM CST

It has noting to do with shock and aw..... They are showing you and the world..... WE as in ME TO MY SON TO MY SONS GREAT GRANDSON will fight this fight..... We will train them and teach them. So, the great Jihad continues....